Bengal shall experience the `Raman Effect'
And it's finally official. After much conjecture, of the kind only the Bengal press can whip up, it is finally out that former India opening bat WV Raman is indeed the new coach of the…
SA selectors bungle squad announcement
Several hours of confusion after a first announcement, a revised South African squad for the next two games in the Standard Bank Triangular one-day series was named on Sunday night which included Nicky Boje as…
West Indies have nothing to fear but cricketers
Finally, apparently begrudgingly, one man short, and only just, the WestIndies have left their sunny islands in the Caribbean for Sri Lanka. If youbelieve what the doom-doctors have been saying during recent weeks, theywill spend…
West Indies bowlers forced to toil hard under hot sun
West Indies bowlers enjoyed their first match practice of their Sri Lankatour on Thursday, easing fears that they would start the Test series nextweek under prepared, but they were still forced to toil hard in…
Canada's Under-19 squad departs for World Cup in New Zealand
Canada's Under-19 World Cup cricket team led by Ashish Bagai,departs Toronto Friday 11th for the International Cricket Council Under-19 Cricket World Cup Tournament to be staged in New Zealand between January 14 and February 9,2002.Canada…
Sri Lanka make in six on the trot before the heavens open
It came slower than expected, as afternoon rain and some studied defensethreatened to take the game into the final day, but Sri Lanka eventuallytriumphed to seal their six consecutive Test victory - a first for…
How Australians work the bugs out of their system
All three teams playing in the VB One-Day International Series in Australia will spend Australia Day on January 26 in Adelaide. New Zealand and Australia will be out in the middle of the Oval, while…
Keeping it all in the family
It's no wonder Daniel Vettori is such a competitor.Christmas-time in the backyard must have been Hell.While Vettori and his older brother Nicholas could work out a reasonable game of cricket between themselves, they have some…
Pakistan crush Sri Lanka
Pakistan scored their third straight victory in the Under-15 Asia Cup cricket tournament when they defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in Sharjah on Wednesday.Chasing a target of 162, Pakistan reached it 33.4overs for the…
Shafayat heroics in vain
Another magnificent batting effort from Bilal Shafayat in Adelaide was not enough to save England Under-19s as they went down to Australia by 22 runs in the first match of their five-game one-day series.Australia Under-19s…